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Zhuang (John) Jiang
MSIM, 2009
Jiang has worked as a senior analytical manager in the banking/financial industry for five years, managing high-profile projects in areas such as mortgages, risk portfolios and virtual channel fraud. Jiang lives in the Bay Area in California and is happy to provide any coaching or career advice to students.
Jared Keller
MSIM, 2009
Jared is a founding member of Conversica, an AI-powered sales automation platform. he left Conversica around 2015 to start a digital marketing and SaaS development agency.
Michael Loy
MSIM, 2009
In 2023, Michael started in a new role as a principal solution architect for ZScaler’s Technology Alliance Partnership Business Development.
Heather Lunceford
MLIS, 2009
Heather is a Patent and Trademark paralegal at Baker Hostetler in Seattle.
Monica McCool
MSIM, 2009
Monica gave birth to Oona McCool in October 2013. After suiting up in her iSchool onesie, Monica and her husband, Alan, say that Oona is ready to be a member of the iSchool class of 2022.
In 2013, the iSchool produced a short video featuring Monica and her work at Satori Software.
Stephanie Milne-Lane
MLIS, 2009
Stephanie is working as the processing archivist and records manager at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.
Zola Mumford
MLIS, 2009
In June 2014, Zola was hired by North Seattle College as a tenure-track reference librarian. She works as a liaison to the Art, Humanities, International Programs, ESL and Basic & Transitional Studies divisions.
Earlier in 2014, Zola joined a fascinating group of presenters discussing Afrofuturism at the Northwest African American Museum and curated film programs about the Black presence in science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction at both the Experience Music Project and the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival. Zola has also worked as a curator at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute since 2003, and has researched and published HistoryLink.org essays about Seattle's Washington Hall, the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, and artist Norie Sato.
Blynne Olivieri Parker
MLIS, 2009
In 2025, Blynne was named Dean of Ingram Library at the University of West Georgia, after a national search. Blynne had been employed at the University of West Georgia since 2012. In 2019, she was awarded the Faculty of the Year award. This is the highest honor that the university awards annually to one member of the professoriate for recognition of outstanding achievements.
Kristi Palmer
MSIM, 2009
Kristi recently moved to Portland, OR, and is actively seeking a position in business (systems) analysis.
Cindy (Bedi) Ralph
MLIS, 2009
Cindy works for the provincial government of British Columbia as a library consultant with the Libraries and Literacy branch of the British Columbia Ministry of Education.